Tagged Patrick Troughton

The man whose work you’re about to see, ladies and gents, is Doctor Who royalty! Our own Alasdair Shaw (of Doctor Who Reprint Society and In Print fame) recently conducted a Kasterborous interview with legendary comic artist Lee Sullivan. In conjunction with that, Lee has kindly agreed to prepare for us an exclusive Whispering Gallery…

With the Twelfth Doctor incoming at Christmas, you might be wondering just how long his predecessors spent in the TARDIS. Was Tom Baker really the Doctor for seven years? Did David Tennant manage to play the Doctor from his first appearance to his last for longer than Jon Pertwee? The answers are below in our…

David Bradley has chatted recently about his upcoming role as William Hartnell in An Adventure in Space and Time. The prolific actor, who recently appeared in a heart-breaking role in Broadchurch, told SFX he studied Hartnell in order to do him justice in the Mark Gatiss-penned biopic, including 1960s Doctor Who: “I did watch a…

Doctor Who Magazine has released details of its latest special edition, in which it presents the earliest adventures of the Second Doctor, Patrick Troughton, in pictorial form! Sadly, 106 Doctor Who episodes from the 1960s aren’t currently held in the BBC’s archives. The original videotapes were erased, and although film recordings for many early episodes were retained, others seem…

Ruling himself out of contention for the role of the Twelfth Doctor, Recce Shearsmith has said he would ‘love’ to follow up his Troughton role with an appearance in Doctor Who itself. Recce recently played the Second Doctor in the BBC docudrama An Adventure in Space and Time – written by fellow League of Gentleman…

Mark Gatiss’ former League of Gentlemen colleague Reece Shearsmith has recently spoken of how impressed he was with An Adventure in Space and Time, the Doctor Who early years dramatisation in which he appears as Patrick Troughton. Speaking to Digital Spy, Shearsmith enthused: Unsurprisingly, Gatiss – who wrote and Executive Produced the drama that stars…

The Ice Warriors made their debut in 1967-68’s Season Five, often remembered by fans for its iconic monsters the Cybermen, the Yeti, and the eponymous Martians of Brian Hayles’s story. The season as a whole saw the shift away from the early series’ original, more educational remit becoming complete, as historical adventures like the preceding…